The holidays are a time to come together for many, but, for many, also, the season can also heighten a sense of isolation and depression.In tonight's Brief But Spectacular, New York University Business School Professor Scott Galloway, focuses on our state of well-being.So, there's an art to happiness. Basically, from kind of zero to 25 it's the stuff of Star Wars,discovery, spilling into adulthood, football games, magic.Then gets real from kind of 25 to 45.Work is hard, economic stress. You realize you're not gonna be senator or have a fragrance named after you.And most devastating, someone you love gets sick and dies.However, a wonderful thing happens in your 40s and 50s.You begin to take stock of your blessings, you realize that life is finite, and start finding appreciation in relationships,in nature, in your achievements, and you get happier.The lesson here is keep on keeping on, happiness waits for you.So, we have two types of speakers at NYU, either people who are incredibly interesting and inspiring or billionaires.We have decided at business school that, if you're a billionaire, that means you know a lot about life.And they typically end their talks with one statement. And that is, follow your passion.And I have found that the majority of people who tell you to follow your passion are already rich.The problem with thinking you're supposed to pursue your passion is that, when work gets hard and it always does,you might fall into the trap of thinking, well, this is hard, which means it must not be my passion and I should find something else.
对很多人来说，假期是团聚的时光，但对很多人来说，假期也是与世隔绝、压抑不已的时节。在今晚的《简短而精彩》中，纽约大学商学院教授斯科特・加洛威将聚焦每个人生活的状态。其实快乐也是一门艺术。可以说，从刚出生到25之间，生活里都是《星球大战》这些内容，是不断发现的过程，是走向成年的过程，是充盈着足球比赛和魔法的过程。然后，在25-45岁之间，人会变得现实。工作很难，会给人经济压力。我们会意识到自己既不能成为参议员，也不会流芳百世。而最让人挫败的是，我们爱的人会生病，会离开人世。不过，四五十岁的时候会有一件很棒的事发生。我们会开始评估自己的祈祷，我们会意识到生命是有限的，我们会开始在不同的关系中、在自然中、在自己的成就中寻找感恩，然后我们会变得更开心。这里，我们要学到的是：人要往前看，快乐就会相伴。我们在纽约大学有2类讲话人，一类是很有趣、很有启发性的人，一类是亿万富翁。我们在商学院确定了一件事：如果一个人是亿万富翁，那就说明我们对生活了解得很多。他们的讲话总是这样结尾：追随自己的激情所在吧。我发现，大多数告诉你追随自己激情所在的人都是富人。觉得自己应该追逐激情所在，这个想法有个问题是如果一项工作对你来说很难完成，那么这种感觉是会一直存在的，你可能会陷入思维的陷阱，觉得：这件事对我很难，那就意味着这不是我的激情所在，那么我就应该干点别的事。
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